nfdi.software initialization phase

The nfdi.software application was approved for funding

nfdi.software aims to design, implement and test a central marketplace for research software. The aim is to improve the accessibility of NFDI research data and its access with specific software packages and enable more complex (re)use of metadata and software. The need for a central access portal for research software of the NFDI consortia arises from the growing need of the scientific disciplines of the cultural sciences, humanities and social sciences, engineering and the natural and life sciences to ensure the sustainable use and further development of research software. nfdi.software is intended to link and coordinate independent individual developments from these areas in a federated data infrastructure. The networking and contextualisation of research software opens up the potential to use research data sustainably and to expand the spectrum of analysis and processing of research data. In order to permanently update this, metadata of research software is extracted, standardised and enriched and relevant AI solutions are implemented. The marketplace is therefore a contemporary platform that also reflects the relevance, acceptance and possibilities of the respective software within the research domains through continuous monitoring. nfdi.software provides the foundation for establishing standards and for networking across the NFDI. During the initialisation phase, an approach is developed based on the experience of previous initiatives, leading to a 'Prototype for Integration'.

You can find the community version of the project proposal here:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14507302

Authors:
Hammitzsch, M., Hetenyi, B., Grüning, B., Marcic, A., Löbe, M., Castro, L.-J., Engel, F., Höfner, K., Zacharias, M., Werth, O., Seibert, V., & Rausch, A. (2024). nfdi.software - Initialisation Phase. Zenodo.